Apostrophes

Select the option where the apostrophe placement is most correct:

• He'd rather read last weeks magazine.

• He'd rather read last week's magazine.

• Hed rather read last week's magazine.

Select the correct possessive form:

• The men's watches.

• The mens watch's.

• The mens watches.

What's the correct way to write this sentence?

• Mrs. Mactaggarts' ESL class likes to eat cookies.

• Mrs. Mactaggart's ESL class likes to eat cookies.

• Mrs. Mactaggart class's likes to eat cookies.

• Mrs. Mactaggarts's class likes to eat cookies.

What's the correct way to describe the picture?

• the five friends' flags

• the five friend's flags

• the five friends's flags

• the five friends flags'

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the office of the principal.

• the office's principal

• the principals' office

• the office's of the principal

• the principal's office

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the boat belonging to Charles.

• Charles' boat

• Charles boat

• Charles'es boat

• Charles's boat

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the truck owned by my father.

• my fathers's truck

• my father's truck

• the truck's by my father

• the truck's father

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the notebooks of the students.

• the students' notebooks

• the student's notebooks

• the notebook's students

• the notebooks' of the students

Rewrite to form a possessive noun: the shoes of the men.

• the mens' shoes

• the mens shoes

• the men's shoes

• the mens's shoes

Select the correct use of apostrophes in the following sentence: The childrens toys were scattered all over the room.

• A) The children's toys were scattered all over the room.

• B) The childrens' toys were scattered all over the room.

• C) The childrens toy's were scattered all over the room.

• D) The childrens toys' were scattered all over the room.